title: A preliminary examination of a nonpurging compensatory eating disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate correlates of a compensatory eating disorder (CED) characterized by recurrent nonpurging compensatory behaviors in the absence of objectively large binge episodes among normal weight individuals who endorse undue influence of weight/shape on self-evaluation as possible indicators of clinical significance and distinctiveness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women with CED (n = 20), women with bulimia nervosa (BN) (n = 20), and controls (n = 20) completed an interview and questionnaires assessing eating disorder and general psychopathology and weight history.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with controls, women with CED reported significantly greater body image disturbance and disordered eating, higher anxiety proneness, increased perfectionism, and greater weight suppression. Compared with BN, CED was associated with significantly less body image disturbance, disordered eating, weight suppression, and lower likelihood of being overweight in childhood. However, CED and BN did not differ on anxiety proneness or perfectionism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CED merits further examination to determine whether it is a clinically significant and distinct eating disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
authors.forename: Heather A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Lauren A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: Pamela K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Keel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005215:Fasting / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016138:Walking / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: compensatory behaviors; eating disorder; exercise; fasting